If I could go back in time and give myself some advice before shooting Bush League I would say, “Take the traditional system of authority (chiefs, subchiefs, village headman etc.) seriously because when the soccer games come to a halt and the imported rules of the game stop working, it’s that system that’s going to kick in, that’s what you’ll actually be filming, that’s what you’re seeing.”
For Wednesday Dr. Kim Yi Dionne reflects on the importance of traditional systems in many sub-Saharan nations: